In the debut of two reinforcements, Boca did not go beyond a draw against Argentinos: I relived the best

With some minutes from Rodrigo Battaglia and Alan Velasco, Gago's team did not have a good performance in La Bombonera for the Apertura Tournament and did not go beyond 0-0.

Far from the auspicious role in the Argentine Cup, It was difficult for Boca to debut in the 2025 Apertura Tournament from start to finish and they tied against Argentinos Juniors in La Bombonera. Rodrigo Battaglia and Alan Velasco had their debut with the blue and gold shirt in the second half, but they could not change the face of the team and the story ended 0-0.

The enthusiasm of the debut and the auspicious presentation before Argentino de Monte Maíz with which Fernando Gago's cast arrived quickly crumbled when one minute into the game, Tomás Molina hit the crossbar with a header that made La Bombonera tremble.

With the seal of Nicolás Diez marked despite the fact that it was his debut in office, Argentines dominated the first quarter of an hour and limited a Boca team that lacked men in the midfield, pressing high and immediately recovering the ball to manage the actions of the game.

With the development of the initial stage, Xeneize managed to settle in a little on the field and stopped suffering like at the beginningalthough he also did not progress in football and was far from creating danger for the visitor.

The big controversy of the night had to do with a kick from Ander Herrera to Alan Lescano, in which the entire visiting bench asked for a red card. However, the VAR reviewed the action and determined that it did not merit expulsion.

In the complement the story turned around: Boca began to take the initiativeadvanced several meters on the playing field and reached the goal defended by Diego Rodríguez with greater impact, with the Frank Fabra's bomb that went over the crossbar was the clearest action.

Without much clarity beyond the slight improvement, Gago tried to give more fluidity to the team with the arrivals of Rodrigo Battaglia and Alan Velasco, who made their debuts in La Ribera, but in any case Argentinos stood well at the bottom and found it difficult up the task.

After this weak debut in the Apertura Tournament, Boca will have the opportunity to give a better version soon, since on Wednesday they will visit Unión in Santa Fe; For their part, those from La Paternal will receive Tigre on Thursday.

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